2013 Mid-Year Blue Book

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France - Paris

Guatemala

DEMOGRAPHICS CBSA

DEMOGRAPHICS

Square Miles

Population

Paris, France 4,267,000 65,430,000

Households

Household Income Median

Employees (Total)

Unemployment

N/A

€ 28,248

22,800,000

10.80%

CBSA

Guatemala

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

Square Miles

Population

Households

Household Income Median

Employees (Total)

Unemployment

68,056

15,500,000

N/A

N/A

4,359,000

4.10%

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Loan rates are historically low (under 3%). • Sales volume strongly declined; prices are stabilizing in

• Guatemala shows a growth of 375% in Foreign Direct

Investment (FDI); and a growth from US $262.2 million to US $1.24 billion from 2003 to 2012. Corporations such as Bimbo, Telefonica, Nestle, Pepsico and Ambev had heavily invested in the country.

Paris and hotspots, and decreasing nationwide.

• Tax cuts for 2013 / 2014 are propitious to market energizing. • New housing construction has slowed down because of tax

• Guatemala seeks to attract more than $1.3 billion in

US investment through a portfolio that includes seven infrastructure projects: industrial park in the border with Mexico, recover the port of Champerico, build a solid and liquid bulk terminal in port St. Tomas, inter oceanic canal, toll highways, international airport and a multimodal port.

reforms.

• France and Paris are the top tourist destinations. • In Paris, the average sqm price has fallen down to 8,206€, the same level as 2011.

• Potential sectors for FDI: BPO´s and technological

infrastructure, renewable energy and oil and mining. Facilities and infrastructure will be demanded for these sectors.

• Low income housing projects are a boom for developers and

constructors. It is estimated that Guatemala will register for a 1.799 million units deficit in 2013, 1.882 units in 2014, and 1.963 units in 2015.

• New construction is mainly represented by vertical construction of residential Apartments. From 107 new projects in the City, 67% are residential buildings. The price range of 35 projects is from $100 USD to $150,000 USD. An 80 unit building is estimated to be 100% reserved in 3 months.

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CONTACT

CONTACT

Coldwell Banker Commercial France & Monaco

8 Rue Lamennais Paris, Ile de France 75008 +33 01 83 53 53 53

www.coldwellbanker.fr

Coldwell Banker Commercial Master Realtor

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5 avenida 555 zona 14 Europlaza, torre 3 oficina 801 Guatemala, Guatemala Guatemala +502 2203 6363

www.coldwellbanker.com.gt


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